Clothes-line.



No..633,678. Patented Sept. 26, I899.

L. WIRTZ.

CLOTHES LINE.

(Application filed May-12, 1899.)

(Nu Model.)

A TTORNE'YJ NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUISE WIRTZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,678, dated September 26, 1899.

Application filed May 12, 1899. Serial No. 716,499. (No model.)

lb alt whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUISE WIRTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Lines, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clothes-lines, and has for its object to provide a detachable cover therefor. Clothes-lines as used at present become'soiled from use and exposure and leave stains upon articles suspended therefrom. In cold weather these articles often freeze to the line and become torn during their removal therefrom. To obviate these and other objections, I provide a clothes-line cover, which is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which like reference charac- I ters denote like parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 ma view of a portion of a clothesline provided with my improved cover; Fig. 2, a similar view, the cover being sectioned longitudinally; and Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in connection with a clothes-line a, of rope,wire, or any desired construction, I provide a cover I), of canvas, rubber, or other suit.- able and preferably flexible material, canvas being found in practice to be the best adapted to the purpose in view, as it is strong, durable, flexible, and washable. The cover I) is preferably formed of a strip of the desired material of any desired length and of such width that it may be folded longitudinally about the line, as shown in Fig. 1, and the edges 0 brought together beneath the same. These edges are preferably folded inwardly to form longitudinal reinforcements d, and secured to these reinforcements are fastening devices, comprising a male member 6 and a female member f and constituting the ordinary spring-fastener. I may, however, substitute for these fastening devices any other suitable form, and it is evident that the same may fasten together the edges 0 of the cover beneath the line, effectually covering the same.

By securing the fastening devices upon the inner side of the cover any rust from them is prevented from soiling an article connected with the line.

The clothes or other articles are fastened to the line in the usual manner by means of pins or otherwise and at all times kept by the cover from contact with the line, and are hence not soiled thereby.

Should the articles suspended from the line become frozen, they would freeze to the cover, which may readily be detached with them and thawed out after detachment, and tearing of the articles is thus prevented.

The cover I) may be washed when desired and kept at all times fresh and clean and is economical to make and use and fully accomplishes the object in view.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The herein-described clothes-line cover, comprising a longitudinal flexible strip adapted to be folded about a clothes-line and provided with fastening devices upon the inner.

side and adjacent the edges thereof, substan= tially as shown and described.

2. A detachable cover for clothes-lines con sistin g of a strip of flexible material provided with fastening devices which are connected when the cover is on the line, substantially as shown and described.

8. A cover for clothes-lines consisting of a detachable flexible strip, the edges of which are folded and fastening devices secured to said folded edges, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed by name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 11th day of May, 1899.

LOUISE WIRTZ. IVitn esses:

F. A. STEWART, V. M. VosLER. 

